Through literature we are schooled in empathy, poignantly reminded of the depth and pain of human longing, shown again the crucial need for belonging, purpose and salvation.

What is family? And most importantly, how can we define family according to a Kingdom of God paradigm as opposed to simply imitating the definitions and expressions of the middle class?

The Son of Man came eating and drinking (Luke 7:34). Jesus’ mission of salvation was so often pursued through the practice of the meal: enacted grace, enacted community, enacted hope, enacted salvation, and enacted promise. By eating with tax collectors and sinners, Jesus challenged the Pharisees’ understanding of salvation, law, inclusion and grace (Luke 5) without saying a word.

For the last few years in particular under Tony Abbott, the topic of climate change has become highly polarised in Australia. Yet conservation of the natural world used to be a more central conservative ideal.

With soft coercion—cultural power—being so complete and so successful in shifting the baseline culture narrative, in which the freedom of the autonomous individual is paramount, what, if anything, can put the brakes on hard coercion following in its wake?

Recent house losses and political activities have once again brought bushfires into general discussion. It is becoming increasingly important that this discussion is informed, because our opinions will influence whether we provide adequate protection to homes and lives and may even determine the survival of entire species.

Nils von Kalm reflects on the temptations of an individualistic, success-driven culture

Few modern phenomena elicit such intense emotional bonding as sport. How should the appeal of sport be handled by the church?

In the midst of rhetorical overstatements and political misinformation about debt and budget surpluses, how should we approach the issue of national debt?

Denise Cooper-Clarke critiques Julian Savulescu's recent lecture on the possibility of changing people’s moral makeup and behaviour and achieve a ‘transhuman’ future.